Guard for kitchen utensils.



No- 830,016. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906. 0. V. SIMS. GUARD FOR KITCHENUTENSILS.

APPLICATION FILED JULYlQ. 1905.

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GUARD FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed July 19,1905. Serial No. 270,379.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR V. Snrs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Laurel,

in the county of Jones and State of Mississippi,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for KitchenUtensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists of a novel form of guard designed particularlyto be applied to kitchen utensilssuch as forks, spoons, pancake-turners,or the liketo protect the hand by which the utensil is grasped in themanip ulation of such utensil. As is well known, the hand grasping theutensil, such as above mentioned, is often burned or otherwise injuredin stirring or manipulating foods in cooking, and it is the purpose ofthis invention to guard against the above by the means which will bemore clearly pointed out as the description proceeds.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view of a fork, showing the application of the invention. Fig.2 is a horizontal sectional view of the construction in Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a transverse section on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the invention applied to a spoon. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the invention applied to a pancaketurner.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the practical embodiment of the invention the utensil to which it isapplied is preferably of special construction and embodies a tang 1,which carries the fork 2,in Fig. 1, the spoon 3, as shown in Fig. 4, orthe turner 4, shown in Fig. 5. The tang 1 tapers to ward one end, andthis end is received in a sleeve 5, affixed to a handle 6, the latterbeing of any suitable form desired and preferably consisting of a lengthof wire bent upon itself and having its extremities 7 soldered upon theinterior of the sleeve 5. The ends or extremities 7 of the handle 6 aretapered toward the outermost portions thereof to conform somewhat withthe tapered form of the tang 1, which is received in the sleeve 5 andwhich when forced therein wedges between the parts 7, so as tofrictionally bind thereagainst and obviate all likelihood of loosenessor play. The tang 1 is prevented from displacement from the sleeve 5 bythe provision of a thumb-screw 8, which is adapted to be screwed througha side of the sleeve 5 into an opening transversely formed in an endportion of the tang.

The guard, which forms an essential feature of this invention, isindicated at 9, and con sists, essentially, of a conical or tapered bodypreferably made of sheet metal, the smaller end of the body being openso as to receive and snugly fit about the sleeve 5. The screw 8, whichscrews the tang 1 to the handle 6, is adapted to screw through anopening in a side of the guard 9 at its smaller end, and the outerextremity of the screw bearing against the inner-side of the guardaffords a rigid and substantial securing means to hold the guard inposition. The guard 9 is of a size sufiicient to readily embrace orsurround the hand which grasps the handle 6 and likelihood of said han dbeing burned by splashing of grease or nearness to a hot receptacle isentirely obviated in 'a manner which will be apparent.

The constructions in Figs. 2 and 3 are sub stantially the same as inFig. 1, with the exception that the utensil shown is of a differentcharacter, illustrating the adaptation of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Incombination, a kitchen utensil embodying a tang tapering at its outerend, a handle comprising a sleeve and a body composed of a piece of wirebent upon itself and having its extremities tapering and aflixed to thesleeve within the latter, the tang aforesaid being received in thesleeve and wedged between the tapered ends of the handle-wire, a guardfor the handle having an end thereof surrounding the sleeve aforesaid,and a screw passing transversely through the guard-sleeve and engagingthe tang to secure said parts together.

2. In combination, a kitchen utensil such as a fork, spoon or the likeembodying a tang tapered at its outer end and provided with a transverseopening therein, a handle embodying a sleeve at one end receiving thetapered In testimony whereof I affix my signaturetang, a guard ofconical form embracing or in presence of two Witnesses. surrounding thehandle and having the OSCAR V SIMS [I S 1 smaller end thereof about thesleeve afore- 5 said, and a screw passing transversely Witnesses:

through the tang, sleeve and smaller end of O. H. FATHENER, the guard tohold the parts together. W. F. RUMBLE.

